Sol Invictus, the Winter Solstice, and the Origins of Christmas
Steven E. Hijmans. Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, 2003, 377-398.
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Volume 47, issue 3. The key modern re-examination of the claim that Christmas was placed on 25 December to displace a festival of Sol; argues the evidence does not support it as usually stated.
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